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Specifically to @landonlewis and @steveoleolson, but info for any #SGF motorcyclist looking for parking who's been advised by Landon to park on the sidewalk:

City CODE of Springfield, Missouri enacted March 23, 2009 (Suppliment No. 7)

Chapter 106 "Traffic and Vehicles"
Div 3 "Method of Parking"
Sec. 106-300.  "Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in certain places."

(a)   Designation.  No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places:

1. On a sidewalk or parkway.

Supporting Definition from Chapter 106, Article I, Sec. 106-1

Vehicle  means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a roadway, which requires a valid operator's license and which has a Manufacturer's Certificate of Origin (MSO), except devices moved by human power, devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, or any motorized play vehicle or motorized skateboard.

 He suggested that a motorcycle should take an entire spot, but I pointed out that I feel for the others trying to park in a downtown short on spaces. To which he suggested that since spaces are unmarked I could park between automobile spaces. In any case, I've been officially banned from my fancy sidewalk parking that was permitted by the great guys at @thecoffeeethic.

 Since I'm not quite comfortable letting two #SGF drivers parallel park against my new shiny R6, I found a nice little spot under the stairs in the Public lot around the corner.